Theatre Guild Stages THE PILLOWMAN to Close 2011 Season

"The first duty of a storyteller is to tell a story ..."

But what if that story is so repellent, so against the natural order of things, that it imposes something on the reader that cannot be wiped away?

Katurian, a seemingly innocent writer of short stories grimmer than Grimm, is being interrogated by two police officers somewhere in a totalitarian dictatorship. But why? Could it be because children are being murdered and maimed in very similar circumstances to those in his macabre fairytales?

Is art imitating life or life imitating art? What responsibility does a writer take when fiction becomes fact?

McDonagh's blacker than black comedy poses many questions as it takes the audience on a daring white knuckle ride into the power of storytelling. You'll be horrified, thrilled and even laugh at this award winning play by the celebrated writer of In Bruges.

Winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play

Warning: contains adult themes and strong language

The cast comprises Robert Bell, Tony Busch, Bart Csorba, Gary George, Steve Marvanek, Lucy Sutherland and Kate Vanderhorst.

TICKETS: $25 Full / $20 Conc. (Student/Pensioner/Unemployed/MEAA/Seniors/Friends of Barr Smith Library)
TUESDAY PERFORMANCES: $15 for current University of Adelaide staff and $10 for current University of Adelaide students
From The Theatre Guild on 8303 5999 (phone credit card bookings - fee applies)
Online: www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild
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